Birchbox September 2013

[Angelalh]

anyones account not update yet like mine?  > /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[MissRoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by cmello /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 

getting box 45... so the color shown is what i'm getting??? I love the green so excited for the hair  wrap up!

I just placed an order for that hair wrap up 2 days ago! I was hoping to get it in a box so that I could return it! lol

 

[kawaiimeows]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyuu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I mean it's very obviously a marketing tactic, which is fine, that's what BB does. But if there were 49 boxes with orange 1 with green and 1 with purple, they would have also filled their promise of sampling the entire crowdsourced collection to their subscribers. It's misleading because they sampled the colours not equally but what probably is reverse popularity of how they won in the crowd-sourced poll: that is, probably the most popular option was the least number of boxes, to get more people to buy spend the $10 on the colours. It's misleading in the sense that it was so obvious. If there were 12 variations with purple an 18 with green and even 21 with orange, that would at least feel more like all the subscribers were "sampling" the colours than the spread they did.

definitely a marketing tactic. but, in my view the purple was the least unique color of them all though so i don't care too much.

also i'm not sure how many people "get" that the polish we got (aside from MUT-ers) realize this is  the full size. My classmate was like "yeah i'm going to go order a full size now" and when i told her that was it she looked at me like i was insane. i know most people don't obsessively go out of their way to read the size on things like i do bahaha.

 

[luckyme502]

Quote: Originally Posted by Angelalh /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  anyones account not update yet like mine?  > /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

My 2nd account hasn't updated yet.  I even have a clicky truck, but no box info.  

 

[gemstone]

I mean it's very obviously a marketing tactic, which is fine, that's what BB does. But if there were 49 boxes with orange 1 with green and 1 with purple, they would have also filled their promise of sampling the entire crowdsourced collection to their subscribers. It's misleading because they sampled the colours not equally but what probably is reverse popularity of how they won in the crowd-sourced poll: that is, probably the most popular option was the least number of boxes, to get more people to buy spend the $10 on the colours. It's misleading in the sense that it was so obvious. If there were 12 variations with purple an 18 with green and even 21 with orange, that would at least feel more like all the subscribers were "sampling" the colours than the spread they did.

I agree with your points, except I disagree that bb was misleading, because they didnt make any of those promises, you only assumed that they would send out more or equal of the most popular polish. I think it's a disappointment for sure, but I don't think we were misled.

 

[luckyme502]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyuu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I mean it's very obviously a marketing tactic, which is fine, that's what BB does. But if there were 49 boxes with orange 1 with green and 1 with purple, they would have also filled their promise of sampling the entire crowdsourced collection to their subscribers. It's misleading because they sampled the colours not equally but what probably is reverse popularity of how they won in the crowd-sourced poll: that is, probably the most popular option was the least number of boxes, to get more people to buy spend the $10 on the colours. It's misleading in the sense that it was so obvious. If there were 12 variations with purple an 18 with green and even 21 with orange, that would at least feel more like all the subscribers were "sampling" the colours than the spread they did.

I think it's possible that the orange and green were more popular than the purple in the voting.  I would vote orange, green, than purple.  I have about 6 shades of purple already.  I don't have any orange and only one green.  Plus, it's described as a deep orange, an alternative to red, which a lot of people like.  

 

[AshJs3]

I can just imagine if they'd sent mostly purple. "Ugh, purple? I have 100 purples! There are tons of purples on the market! We have to buy the unique colors?" /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[OiiO]

Quote: Originally Posted by luckyme502 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I think it's possible that the orange and green were more popular than the purple in the voting.  I would vote orange, green, than purple.  I have about 6 shades of purple already.  I don't have any orange and only one green.  Plus, it's described as a deep orange, an alternative to red, which a lot of people like.  

I personally voted for orange myself, it was a very unique looking color /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[JessicaWhitney2]

I am getting box #4.

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The page says I'm getting the Blow Up spray, but the picture looks like the Dry Shampoo, so it should be interesting to see what I get. Hoping for the Blow Up!

 

[Lanai12]

Is the Coola they're sending out different from the little blue tube that's gone out before? I'm getting some this month, but I also got some back in May. I'm surprised to be getting the same thing twice...

In the past the blue packaging for Coola has been a traditional sunscreen and the white packaging is a mineral sunscreen. It looks like the ones they are sending this month have white packaging.

 

[jenmonique1971]

This is my box as well, as soon as I saw what was in it I stopped tracking the package.  A carded sample of blush? Whammy.  On to next month.

I'm getting the same box. I will use everything, but the carded sample is a bust. I'd rather get a pen, perfume sample, hair tie or Luna bar than a carded sample.

 

[bwgraham]

Quote: Originally Posted by queenofperil /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So, I'm getting Box 27. Why does it look like the cream blush is in an envelope? I'm going to be sad if it's just a lame card sample.

me too! i sure hope a pic of it gets posted soon

 

[deactivateduser232015]

Quote: Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
definitely a marketing tactic. but, in my view the purple was the least unique color of them all though so i don't care too much.

also i'm not sure how many people "get" that the polish we got (aside from MUT-ers) realize this is  the full size. My classmate was like "yeah i'm going to go order a full size now" and when i told her that was it she looked at me like i was insane. i know most people don't obsessively go out of their way to read the size on things like i do bahaha.

ahahaha. it's really hard to tell sometimes online, especially when they hide the sizes! A youtuber mentioned like a year or so back they removed the sample size from the cards too since I guess they realized it was hurting their shop business... or also because it takes more time to write I guess.

Quote: Originally Posted by luckyme502 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I think it's possible that the orange and green were more popular than the purple in the voting.  I would vote orange, green, than purple.  I have about 6 shades of purple already.  I don't have any orange and only one green.  Plus, it's described as a deep orange, an alternative to red, which a lot of people like.  

Hm, over in the trade thread... it might be a matter of supply vs. demand (ie people not getting many purples and some people wanting it), but historically I'd say purple is a more a "classic" nail polish colour than orange or green. So that's why OPI tends to release a lot of reds in the collections and nail polish collectors whining about that when OPI is also sort of a mass appeal brand. If we take the fact that most of BB's subscribers are the public, they probably also would've voted for purple over the other colours instead of hoarding every new finish/colour/collection ever. Orange has really only become a thing in polish over the last year, when Pantone announced it as the colour of the year. Before that, oranges weren't super super popular even though there were companies that released them.

I mean, we'll never know since they haven't release poll results, but even if purple were not as popular as the others there should still be in more than 10% of the boxes when an even split woul'dve been 33% x3

 

[dressupthedog]

I mean, we'll never know since they haven't release poll results, but even if purple were not as popular as the others there should still be in more than 10% of the boxes when an even split woul'dve been 33% x3

It's hard to know if the purple polish is really only in 10% of boxes. I doubt that there are equal numbers of each box. i.e. There might be 5000 of box 1 and 7500 of box 2. So basically, we will never know.

 

[Sakura83]

No shipping information yet but I'm getting box 25 

https://www.birchbox.com/shop/birchbox-1/september-2013/september-2013-bb25

• Ruffian Nail Laquer
• Coola Classic SPF moisturizer 
• Voesh New York Aroma Spa Pedicure
• BCBGMAXAZRIA Bon Genre (Getting this in a spray pen in my Glossybox as well)
• Ojon Restorative Lash Treatment and Mascara

Overall pretty satisfied with what I'm getting ! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

 

[Playedinloops]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sakura83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  No shipping information yet but I'm getting box 25 

https://www.birchbox.com/shop/birchbox-1/september-2013/september-2013-bb25

• Ruffian Nail Laquer
• Coola Classic SPF moisturizer 
• Voesh New York Aroma Spa Pedicure
• BCMAXAZRIA Bon Genre (Getting this in a spray pen in my Glossybox as well)
• Ojon Restorative Lash Treatment and Mascara

Overall pretty satisfied with what I'm getting ! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

Oooh that Ojon looks really interesting. Let us know how it is, I might buy it! 

 

[ddave]

Is it true that the boxes this month have coupon codes in them? 

 

[Heather Hicks]

Well, this month was a BIG bust for me!

I said I don't want mascara or Yes To. On the first account I checked, I got Mally mascara. I've tried the Malin and Goetz before. I'm on the fence about trying the Davines Salt Spray or just trading it. On my second account, I got not one but TWO Yes To products. Sigh... The only thing that excites me off the bat is the Racine eye serum and the Dr. Lipp, but if I look at ingredients and they are all chemical laden, that could change. I'll look up the Amika blow up spray, but it doesn't thrill me right now.

 

[Heather Hicks]

Quote: Originally Posted by ddave /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Is it true that the boxes this month have coupon codes in them? 

Ddave--Are you talking about the golden tickets or something else? I'm pretty sure there are only 100 golden tickets, so the chances of getting one is pretty slim. Now if they also have discounts for everyone, that would be great!

 

[LindaD]

Quote: Originally Posted by meaganola /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I have to confess that I'm intrigued by that laundry stuff. It looks like it would be great for travel. I always seem to manage to pack four days' worth of stuff for a five-day trip -- or a four-day trip turns into an unexpected five-day trip.
I love that stuff, I got really excited when I saw that Birchbox would be carrying it. I already use it because I regularly hand wash my bras and sweaters, and I just recently took it on a month-long trip, and having that stuff with me definitely saved a lot of luggage space (since I could just wash a few things after wearing) and time (since I don't have to rinse).